By Michael Caruso
Although there's a vigorous debate about the impact of social media on our lives, there's no debate that these platforms can enhance communication, collaborative learning, and creative expressions. In particular, Twitter is the home to many active law professors who write about the criminal legal system (and who also happen to be women).
For example, Rachel Barkow (NYU/@RachelBarkow) is the author of the recent book, "Prisoners of Politics: Breaking the Cycle of Mass Incarceration." She's also at the forefront of advocating for systemic changes in our clemency process.
Leah Litman (Michigan/@LeahLitman) writes on constitutional law, federal post-conviction review, and federal sentencing. She's also the co-host of the Strict Scrutiny podcast that discusses the culture of the Supreme Court and individual cases.
Melissa Murray (NYU/@ProfMMurray) is also a co-host of Strict Scrutiny. Professor Murray writes about criminal law as well as justice issues in our society. Many have mentioned her as being on President Biden's shortlist for the Supreme Court.
Carissa Byrne Hessick (North Carolina/@CBHessick) heads the Prosecutors and Politics Project at UNC and will publish her book "Punishment Without Trial: Why Plea Bargaining Is a Bad Deal" next month.
Last, but certainly not least, is our own Aya Gruber (Colorado/@AyaGruber). Professor Gruber is a former law clerk and AFPD in our district. Last year, she published her first book, "The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women's Liberation in Mass Incarceration" to wide acclaim. Congrats Aya!
If you're a Twitter user and have any interest in the criminal legal system, start following these important and engaging legal minds!
7 comments:
You give me a list of people who I should follow on twitter "who also happen to be women." But as the list is all women, you clearly chose these people **because** they are all women. Im sorry, i will never take your list seriously. I dont choose who to follow on twitter based on their gender. I choose based on merit alone.
Stepping back, DOM adds a bunch of commentators, disproportionately men, and one of the men promptly says we should follow *only women* on twitter. I mean, why didnt you just decline the chance to post on this blog and encourage DOM to allow a women to blog in your place?
What an idiotic comment. For starters, 3 of the contributors are women and 4 are men. Disproportionate?
Truly stupid comment. Michael did not identify them because they are women, they happen to be women.
3:03 so much anger in response to a blog post. The title is womenalsoknowthelaw. The obvious point was to highlight women law professors in the criminal justice area.
And is a random blog post listing law professors on Twitter meant to be taken seriously?
Keep fighting the culture war man. Anonymously. Peace and love.
this blog sucks ass.
I had no problem with giving us a list of Twitter handles and mentioning that they (also happen to be women).
But by giving it the condescending hashtag of #womenalsoknowlaw it became, to me, a list that was 'because' they are women.
Which would have been okay too.
But I hate that hashtag. Yes, I know it's used on twitter, just like #womenalsoknowhistory etc, and is used as a point of pride for many.
But I think it should be something like #OnlyAHolesThinkWomenDontKnowStuff
nice try at a walk back. It obviously wasn't meant to be a "condescending" hashtag for the reasons you know. In fact one of the law professors on the list often appends the hashtag to her posts. Nice try though.
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